Stance

Quick meaning: Stance is a noun meaning The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.

Meaning

The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.

More Meanings

1. One's opinion or point of view.
2. A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
3. (Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
4. (Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
5. (transitive, Scotland) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
6. (obsolete, rare) A stanza.

Example Sentences

I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.

The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.

No! sooner may the Saxon lance / Unfix Benledi from his stance, / Than doubt or terror can pierce through / The unyielding heart of Robert Dhu; […]

The British host had stood / That morn 'gainst charge of sword and lance / As their own ocean-rocks hold stance, / But when thy voice had said, "Advance!" / They were their ocean's flood.— […]

Word Forms

• stances
• stancing
• stanced

Synonyms for stance

Depending on context, synonyms include position, posture, stand.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include posture, attitude, posturing, attitudinal, standing, stand.

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